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VERY FINE. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE ONE-CENT TYPE Ia IMPERFORATE. ESPECIALLY RARE WITH THE CURL IN "C" OF "CENT" VARIETY.
The Curl in "C" of "Cent" variety was caused by a thread adhering to the relief on the transfer roll. This also caused the Curl on Shoulder variety on Position 97L4.
The Curl in "C" variety was used by Neinken on p. 275 of his 1c book as additional proof that the same relief was used to enter the 6th and 10th rows of the plate. Neinken states that the thread attached itself to the relief on the transfer roll after Position 57R4 was entered. The variety is then found on Position 97R4 (the position offered here and the first position to receive the variety) and also on Positions 56R4, 96R4, 55R4 and 95R4. The thread either dropped off or was removed after entry of 95R4, as 54R4, the next position to be entered from this relief, does not show the variety.
With 1978 and 1995 P.F. certificates (Image)
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FINE APPEARANCE. A RARE UNUSED EXAMPLE OF THE IMPERFORATE ONE-CENT TYPE III FROM POSITION 99R2. VERY FEW ARE KNOWN IN UNUSED CONDITION.
Plate 2 was made in late 1855, and consists of 198 stamps that are Type II, one position that is Type III (99R2) and one that is Type IIIA (100R2).
Guide dots were used to accurately lay out the subjects on the plate. Positions 79 and 89 were transferred perfectly using their guide dots. However, the guide dot to the south-east of Position 88R2, which was used to align the single B Relief for Position 99R2, was placed far out of line, resulting in the bottom part of the A Relief being transferred into the bottom part of Position 89 (and in the margin below this position) by mistake. When the fresh entry was made in Position 99R a full transfer of the design was not possible without running into the error in Position 89R. The position was therefore short transferred at top, and apparently also at bottom, creating the finest example of Type III found on any plate (see pp. 183-184 of Neinken book).
A Power Search review demonstrates how rare this is in unused condition. Only four singles are known in sound original-gum condition, and we have offered only seven unused singles (with and without gum) since keeping computerized records.
With 1997 P.F. certificate (Image)
VERY FINE AND CHOICE. A STUNNING ORIGINAL-GUM EXAMPLE OF THE 1851 3-CENT TYPE II IMPERFORATE ORANGE BROWN.
Due to the narrow spacing on the plate, this issue rarely comes with margins as large as the stamp offered here. This should be considered a true condition rarity.
Ex Chapin, Scarsdale and Laila. With 1979 and 2003 P.F. certificates. (Image)